Anyone who knows me knows that I love pumpkins.
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Grins & grimaces a-plenty! |
All kinds, shapes, colors, sizes. Green, grey, blue, orange, yellow, tan, red. Every species, no matter how fat, squat, knobby, pitted, warted, gnarled, you name it.
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A curious fella atop a plump one |
To me, they signify a very special magic that lies in the spirit that is summoned into full being at the onset of autumn, which culminates in Samhain/Halloween, and with it, the legendary Jack O'Lantern.
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Vintage 'Bogie Books' pumpkin house - love it! |
Near our home is an annual set up of pumpkins for sale. It's situated at a small park near a shopping center, and the folks who run it take great care to create a fun atmosphere. Scarecrows gathered 'round stacks of hay bales, corn stalks, and funny scenes all welcome the buyer, with hundreds and hundreds of pumpkins and gourds all abounding.
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I could live here!
(NOTE: Image taken from Internet - not the place I'm describing above) |
Did I neglect to mention all pumpkins and gourds? It's a veritable carnival of pumpkins - stocked with more varieties than you've likely ever seen!
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Like a kid in a candy store! |
That certainly goes for me as well - the first time we stopped to have a walk-through, both Mark and I were blown away by them. And it was the first time I'd seen a magnificent Fairy Tale pumpkin (also called a Cinderella pumpkin, for the shape of which is like the one that her fairy godmother transformed into a carriage), which of course I had to have! We ended up buying many of them, and after Halloween had ended, saved some of the seeds and grew a small one of our own this summer.
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Me in our yard, among the very spectacular (and huge!) pumpkin vines |
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Taken in 2011 during an autumn jaunt in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery with my friend, artist Ethan Black |
Here's hoping that everyone has a very special, happy Halloween season!
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A favorite activity: creating Jack O'Lanterns! (being sure to save at least some of the seeds to roast) |
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My funny creation, "Fenwick P. Mossbottom, Guardian of the Pumpkin Patch" |
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